by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 30, 2016 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Weather
Today’s the last day of June, which marks the end of the peak season for tornadoes in Iowa. National Weather Service meteorologist Craig Cogil says the state’s only had about one dozen confirmed tornadoes this year, way below the average of 35 by the end...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 30, 2016 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
The U.S. Senators from Iowa and Nebraska have introduced legislation they say would honor an Iowa woman who was killed in an accident with a drunk driver who was in the country illegally. Twenty-one-year-old Sarah Root Council Bluffs, Iowa was struck and killed in...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2016 | Crime & Courts, News
A 36-year-old man who held Dubuque Police at bay in an armed stand-off last week has been released from the hospital — and placed under arrest. Dubuque Police say on June 21 they were asked to do a welfare check on Ian Bonnette. Police found him in a vehicle,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2016 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa plans to lobby for a new state law or an amendment to the state constitution that would ensure felons automatically regain their voting rights after they’ve done their time. “We’ll start today the political...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 30, 2016 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A southwest Iowa pedestrian has died after being hit by a pickup. Council Bluffs Police early Wednesday afternoon said 42-year-old Sharon Richards, of Council Bluffs, died at a hospital in Omaha. Richards was hit by a full-size pickup as she was crossing against the...